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Audrey, a documentary by 26-year-old British film-maker Helena Coan, comes from the producers of the Bafta-nominated McQueen, about the life of fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and is packed with revelations about one of the most enduring of all Hollywood’s stars. Throughout her career, Hepburn came to be seen as the epitome of elegance and grace. Born into European nobility in 1929 but devastated by the impact of the second world war as a child in the Netherlands, Hepburn kept a tight lid on her personal problems until her death in 1993 from cancer. Coan, who spent three years researching her...

Yes, Regan was a very good actor, and now we have Joe Biden, the actor too. However, he plays a different part acting the way he does. But he still fools people. https://rumble.com/v54z4na-joe-biden.html

Why would half of the Democrats and the media turn on Biden? Don't they know what the other hand is doing? Don't they just receive orders and march in lock step? I have a theory. Biden knows he needs a trick up his sleeve to clinch the race over Trump. So, he sets up a con where he seems incompetent and comes back, as an underdog, to be an outstanding, articulate leader. How impressive would that be to the American public! Small town Scranton is the hometown of Joe Biden, that kid that made history! And the focus will be...

Mary Austin, former fiancée of Queen's Freddie Mercury, is set to receive an estimated $237 million from a potential $1.26 billion deal with Sony. Austin, 73, already inherited half of Mercury's estate after his death in 1991, with her share increasing to 75% following the passing of Mercury's parents. She also receives 18.75% of revenues from Queen Productions, which manages the band's catalog. This latest windfall could propel Austin into the ranks of Britain's 100 wealthiest women. Austin met Mercury in 1970 when she was 19 and he was an aspiring musician. They were engaged in 1973, but separated in...

10.5 minute video with lots of neat nature photographs. A nice respite from the politics of the day...

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This is a great song. Santana rocked the world with his guitar.

The veteran performer appeared in countless TV shows and movies during his career Bill Cobbs, the prolific and versatile actor known for performances in films such as The Brother From Another Planet, Night at the Museum, and The Bodyguard, has died. He was 90. A member of Cobbs’ family confirmed his death on Facebook, saying the actor died “peacefully” at his home in California on Tuesday, June 25. “A beloved partner, big brother, uncle, surrogate parent, godfather and friend, Bill recently and happily celebrated his 90th birthday surrounded by cherished loved ones,” the statement read. “As a family we are...

Found this on Twitter while perusing the material generated by last night's debate.This is gettin' real y'all.

Hear Harrison Ford say: "I met her in the street and she was mine for the price of a drink."

There is a new documentary called “Taylor Swift Vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood” which covers the infamous feud between Taylor Swift and super-manager Scooter Braun. Braun owns Ithaca Holdings, the company that bought the record label Taylor Swift first signed with, including her albums. The documentary spans events from June of 2019, when Braun’s company acquired Big Machine Label Group, the record label Swift was signed to for the first 13 years of her career. That acquisition included the rights to her first six albums, from her self-titled debut to “Reputation,” which was released in 2017. The documentary is divided...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured striking new images of the Serpens Nebula that reveal a rare alignment of stellar jets, offering new insights into the formation of stars. Protostellar outflows occur when high-speed jets of hot gas produced by young stars collide with surrounding dust and gases. In the new Webb images, several outflows spotted in the northern area of the Serpens Nebula appear to all be aligned and oriented in the same direction. Located around 1,300 light-years from Earth, the Serpens Nebula is a dense cluster of young stars, some of which are only about 100,000 years...

A legendary surfer and actor known for his role in “Pirates Of The Caribbean” was killed in a shark attack in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday. Honolulu’s emergency services were unable to save Tamayo Perry, 49, after he was attacked by a shark while surfing off the island of Oahu at around 1 p.m. Sunday, according to the BBC. Shayne Enright, spokeswoman for Honolulu Ocean Safety and for The Honolulu Medical Services Office, confirmed Perry’s death in a press statement after paramedics used jet skis to bring him back to shore. Kurt Lager, acting Chief of the Ocean Safety Department, said...

Wyoming photographer Michael Magill spent years chasing a perfect photo that shows off the spirit of Wyoming. He captured a nearly identical image of the state logo last weekend at a rodeo in Chugwater. A side-by-side comparison shows the similarities between Michael Magin's photo, left, and the Wyoming logo of Steamboat. (Cowboy State Daily Staff) When Michael Magill moved to Wyoming in 2015, one of the first things he learned about was Steamboat, the iconic rodeo bronc that very few cowboys could ever ride whose spirit was indelibly captured by the famous bucking horse logo first developed by the University...

One of the main stars of the hit cult classic Sandlot was arrested in South Carolina. KPTV reported Thomas Guiry, who played Scotty Smalls in The Sandlot, was arrested after he allegedly bashed the windshield of his neighbor’s Jeep with a 35-pound dumbbell and proceeded to go to his neighbor’s door with a knife. After the incident occurred, Guiry told his neighbor, “That sucks, man, I’ll pay you back, I’m sorry, I’m gonna get you back.” Guiry has since been charged with third-degree assault and battery along with malicious injury to personal property. Per The Independent: Tom Guiry, the former...

I thought some of you might find this useful:I might be naive about what AI technology can do, but the following amazed me. I use AI every day to do research (yes, I confirm what it says by multiple sources) and in writing VBA code to analyze stock and options prices, volume, technical indicators, etc. I am increasingly shocked by how much time it saves me and how much it has helped me in accomplishing heretofore difficult to impossible tasks.I found an image online of a checklist that might be useful in my work (before starting any stock market trading...

The ancient Cornish language has been declared dehwelans dhyworth an marow – back from the dead – amid a rise in popularity thanks to Covid-19 and a critically acclaimed psych-pop star. There has been a significant rise in the number of people learning Cornish since the pandemic lockdown forced classes online, according to the volunteer network An Rosweyth. “We have people in America, we have people in Australia, Mexico, Spain, Turkey,” said Emma Jenkin, its support officer, who said her last online lesson had “a couple of people in Cornwall – but mostly people are dotted all over the place”....

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An Instagram account spent "countless hours" in search of the original reference for the seminal illustration by Patrick NagelThe model from Duran Duran‘s ‘Rio’ cover has finally been identified. The iconic artwork was originally painted by American artist and illustrator Patrick Nagel, and then designed by Malcolm Garrett to resemble classic ’50s cigar packaging. However, despite becoming one of the most memorable album covers of all time, the subject has remained a mystery – until now. An Instagram account called @nagel_angel has spent “countless hours” in search of the original reference photo used by Nagel. They have now identified model...